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Date:      Sat, 18 May 2002 17:20:30 -0400 (EDT)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Alan Cox <alc@cs.rice.edu>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, Alan Cox <alc@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/vm vm_mmap.c
Message-ID:  <XFMail.20020518172030.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020518190626.GA6940@cs.rice.edu>

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On 18-May-2002 Alan Cox wrote:
> On Sat, May 18, 2002 at 11:59:01AM -0700, Alan Cox wrote:
>> alc         2002/05/18 11:59:01 PDT
>> 
>>   Modified files:
>>     sys/vm               vm_mmap.c 
>>   Log:
>>    o Eliminate the acquisition and release of Giant from minherit(2).
>>       (vm_map_inherit() no longer requires Giant to be held.)
>>   
>>   Revision  Changes    Path
>>   1.140     +2 -7      src/sys/vm/vm_mmap.c
> 
> As of now, madvise(2), minherit(2), and mprotect(2) are running
> largely outside of Giant.  We don't acquire Giant unless or until
> we find ourselves in the vm object or MD pmap layers.

Very cool!  Thanks.

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